Sabina Pagotto

A brown background and in the bottom-right corner is a row of three books upright and with colourful spines. On top of the books rests a pair of white over-ear headphones. To the left of the books and headphones is the text: Beyond the Algorithm Reading Club, March topic: AI sycophancy - programmed to please. Beneath the text is a white wordmark for the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).

For this month's reading club, we've got a curated article on the harms of overly agreeable AI tools and *two* community discussions you can register for to share your insights on the hot-button issue of AI sycophancy.

Discussion registration and article links: ocul.on.ca/march-2026-a...

On the one hand, "housing as a service" does reframe renting as a pragmatic financial decision in our capitalist hellscape instead of thinking of it as "throwing money away". On the other hand, any time tech jargon shows up to explain a thing that already exists you know it's about to get worse.

On the plus side, in RapidILL/Alma resource sharing there's now a way to set a configuration for a user group or flagged user that any requested documents need to come to the requesting library for remediation first before going on to the user. Maybe you can convince illiad to add something similar?

It's such a huge problem for ILL! Our consortium found out a few years ago that even if the supplying library remediated the PDF, RapidILL was automatically adding a cover page that was breaking some of the accessibility features. (Canada so our laws around this are a bit different)

holy shit

Beyond Topography: Building a Multiliterate Map Collection at the Carleton University Library - Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Topography, a multiliterate” cartography collection that reflects diverse ways of knowing and being in the world at Carleton library.

Loving this piece about @carleton.ca library's map collection and resources!

From 40+ cabinets of sheet maps to numerous online collections and interactive maps to teaching students in map labs, it's an impressive array of tools and support for their campus community: carleton.ca/fass/story/b...

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen Today's guest blogger says academic librarians don't need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen

You cannot really run a university like a business because our most valuable product is failure.

I just got an ad for a "Coming to the Cottage" tea blend. Has Heated Rivalry fandom gone too far??

Iconic. Polarizing. Unforgettable.

Robarts Library has been called many things over the past 50 years. The Unquiet Library podcast explores the voices, tensions, and histories that shaped it.

The first episodes are now streaming. 🎧

open.spotify.com/show/0AjhamY...

Intellectual freedom is the key to unlocking ideas that challenge, inspire & transform.🔑

This week, we mark Freedom to Read Week — Semaine de la liberté d’expression, a time to reaffirm that access to diverse ideas is essential to research, teaching, and learning.🔓

#FTRWeek #FTRW26 #FreedomToRead

A blue-green background with semi-transparent circle shapes in the top-left and bottom-right corners. At the top is a white wordmark for the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). Under that are 2 bright green rounded rectangle boxes stacked vertically. The first box has bold black text that reads: AI Exchange Program. The second box has black text that reads: Developing AI Fluency: A Library-Led Workshop Model; Wednesday, April 8, 2-4 p.m. Eastern Time; Online via Zoom.

Join us on Apr. 8 from 2-4 p.m. for our next online session in the OCUL AI Exchange Program!

You’ll learn how @torontomet.bsky.social library team members designed and launched a badged AI fluency workshop series.

Event info and registration: ocul.on.ca/ai-exchange-...

Colour blocked image with text explaining myths and facts about fair dealing copyright. Text that reads "Myth: Canadian authors' royalties have declined because educators are paying less for content. Fact: Education institutions are paying more than ever for content that is increasingly digital and not print."

This Fair Dealing week, we’re breaking down myths and facts about fair dealing.

There’s this belief that educators are the reason for the decline in author royalties. That couldn’t be further away from the truth.

Learn more at copyright.caut.ca

Memorial for Fobazi Ettarh

Was this the last straw I needed to stop caring about men's hockey entirely and throw myself even harder into the PWHL?

CARL welcomes the Bill C-15 amendment protecting reduced postage for library materials & free postage for materials for the blind.📚

Protecting these rates is vital for ILLs & equitable access to information across Canada.

Thanks @joellightbound.bsky.social & Parliament for their support.

#cdnpoli

REPORT: Mark Carney calls Canadian Men's Hockey locker room to offer consolation RRSP advice MILAN - Following the locker room footage of the gold medal winning USA team receiving a call from US President Donald Trump with congratulations, footage has now leaked of Canadian PM Mark Carney cal...

REPORT: Mark Carney calls Canadian Men's Hockey locker room to offer consolation RRSP advice

The news from Ottawa is that a package was delivered to Brady Tkachuk's house and the whole neighbourhood is so disgusted by his recent comments/actions that no one has taken it inside for safekeeping, neighbours have unofficially agreed to just let it sit there in the snow & tempt porch pirates.

Colour blocked image with text explaining myths and facts about fair dealing copyright. Text reads "Myth: Copyright's primary purpose is to ensure authors are paid. Fact: Copyright law has always been about balancing users' and creators' rights."

This Fair Dealing week, we’re breaking down myths and facts about fair dealing.

We tend to think of copyright as being only about protecting creators, works and ensuring those creators get paid. But copyright is all about balance.

Learn more at copyright.caut.ca

Haha I'm an Ottawa Senators fan so definitely mixed feelings there!

Okay skating around the Gaudreau jersey is legitimately touching.

At least this didn't feel as geopolitically loaded as four nations last year. And, hey, a silver medal isn't too shabby!

At least the refs in this tournament are *consistent* about calling high sticks and missing too many men?

I mean, I know what the CBC was going for but the first verse of Fireworks is about being distracted from the "goal that everyone remembers" because your crush is sitting next to you while watching the game. So, a little reminder that there are more important things in life than hockey? 😝

Someone who requested that one of those libraries acquire Because Internet in the first place, and someone who got it out in the past year (preventing the library from weeding it to make space for more popular books), is directly responsible for $40 in my pocket

PLUS they get to read it for free!

I just got my annual Public Lending Right cheque for Because Internet from the Canada Council for the Arts, so permit me a thread about what the public lending right is and why you should request books you love from public libraries!

Ice dance results have cursed the entire ice surface.

Color action photograph of Toller Cranston mid-jump against a bright blue sky. He is airborne with one knee bent and the other leg extended behind, arms stretched outward in a balletic pose. He wears a red sleeveless outfit over a yellow long-sleeve top, with black skate boots and white blades visible. Behind him are two tall curved modern buildings and a Canadian flag on a pole at left. The buildings’ glass and concrete surfaces reflect daylight, and the scene is sharply lit.

Toller Cranston dominated the Canadian skating world of the 1970s.
Known for his unique skating style and his individualist approach to skating, he helped bring more artistry to men's figure skating during his career.
This is his story.

🧵 Fred Ross

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The highs and lows of human drama are really at their best at the Olympics. Figure skating drama! Curling drama! Hockey drama!